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bookedbymadeline's review
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I’m not a huge fantasy reader but I loved Havenfall! It was a quick read with well developed characters. The world building was really well done-I liked the guide in the beginning plus the magic system and realms were slowly uncovered instead of info dumped at once like I’ve seen in other books.
It did take a little while to get into the book but once I did it was hard to put down! The plot twists kept me guessing and kept turning the story on its head. I never knew what to expect (with the exception of one twist)! Also, the cover is stunning 😍
I’m excited to check out book 2 and hope the romance/love triangle is a little more developed.
It did take a little while to get into the book but once I did it was hard to put down! The plot twists kept me guessing and kept turning the story on its head. I never knew what to expect (with the exception of one twist)! Also, the cover is stunning 😍
I’m excited to check out book 2 and hope the romance/love triangle is a little more developed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping
Minor: Confinement
kathrynhoss's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Violence
lastsilversunset's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Blood and Violence
ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
YA protagonists often get criticised for being stupid, but Maddie is by far the dumbest protagonist I’ve ever read, this book would be 200 pages shorter if she had even on ounce of intelligence.
The last ~50 pages made this some what redeeming.
The last ~50 pages made this some what redeeming.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Violence, Trafficking, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
scorpioness's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
My biggest problem with this book is the native erasure. The inn that Maddies (I’m assuming white)family is in charge of is in the mountains of Colorado… and they’ve been there since like the beginning of time… yeah not adding up, unless Maddie has some unmentioned native ancestors (but then everyone from fiordenkill and byrn are white?). This is one of the things that was frustrating about the book, in addition to maddies character at times. Not frustrating in a way where you’re invested in the story that much, but just frustrating because it’s slightly annoying. The dialogue between taya and Maddie felt kind of forced at times, and I feel like I wanted their romance to be developed just a little bit more? Idk I feel like there’s a way to make the romance second priority and also develop it well.
Overall though, I enjoyed the atmosphere of it and the plot was better than some other books I’ve read, but the foreshadowing was sloppy at times.
Overall though, I enjoyed the atmosphere of it and the plot was better than some other books I’ve read, but the foreshadowing was sloppy at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, and Self harm
Native erasure and slight grooming as well Self harm page- 150 Body horror page-170halfwaytoaugust's review against another edition
adventurous
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence
aloy's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
briannasbookshelf_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Cross-posted on Goodreads.
This book was an easy read. I think the best part about it was the descriptions of each of the worlds and their magic systems. I wanted to learn more about each world and what their citizens were capable of, and unfortunately that is not where this book goes.
My biggest issue in this book was the insane amount of characters that get introduced and dragged on through the story but we never really learn anything about them. Graylin, Willow, the Fiorden princess whose name I don't remember, etc. I feel like this book would have been much more satisfying if it was 200 pages longer and we got to learn more about the other characters rather than hear Maddie talk about the same story over and over. I understand that her brother dying was an important part of her character arc, but it got extremely repetitive to read over and over in a book this short. In my opinion the best character is Taya. She is the reason I would read a sequel. I would read an entire series about her life and her journey finding Terran.
Another thing I found unsatisfying was the amount of plot lines in this book. It feels like every single character had a plot twist at some point and it felt like whiplash every time one was revealed (and when you put that together with my previous point of there being way too many characters that feel like they should be more important than they're made to be it gets overwhelming very quickly). Once again something that may have benefitted from the book being 500 pages rather than 305. There are so many plot lines that didn't get wrapped up, or were so hastily figured out (the little girl in the basement wtf that was a super annoying way to 'fix' that one), that I have no idea what the sequel will possibly be about. </spolier>
While I definitely have issues with the length of this book, it was still fun to read. I would not recommend this book if you don't want to commit to reading the sequel when it eventually comes out because there are so many questions left unanswered (I'll say it one more time, why is this book so short?!).
This book was an easy read. I think the best part about it was the descriptions of each of the worlds and their magic systems. I wanted to learn more about each world and what their citizens were capable of, and unfortunately that is not where this book goes.
Another thing I found unsatisfying was the amount of plot lines in this book. It feels like every single character had a plot twist at some point and it felt like whiplash every time one was revealed (and when you put that together with my previous point of there being way too many characters that feel like they should be more important than they're made to be it gets overwhelming very quickly). Once again something that may have benefitted from the book being 500 pages rather than 305. There are so many plot lines that didn't get wrapped up, or were so hastily figured out (the little girl in the basement wtf that was a super annoying way to 'fix' that one), that I have no idea what the sequel will possibly be about. </spolier>
While I definitely have issues with the length of this book, it was still fun to read. I would not recommend this book if you don't want to commit to reading the sequel when it eventually comes out because there are so many questions left unanswered (I'll say it one more time, why is this book so short?!).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Confinement
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